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Catherine
@whitequark
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Jan 7, 2019
TIL grasses contain glasses [silica contributes 2-5% of dry mass of many grass leaves]
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Silica in grasses as a defence against insect herbivores: contrasting effects on folivores and a...
1 Silica, deposited as opaline phytoliths in the leaves of grasses, constitutes 2–5% of dry leaf mass, yet its function remains unclear. It has been proposed that silica may act as an antiherbivor...
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@allgebrah
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@whitequark
♪ some of those that eat glasses / are the same that burn grasses ♫
8:13 PM · Jan 7, 2019·Twitter Web Client
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